[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2879 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2879

  To improve migratory bird management by the Animal and Plant Health 
  Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

           September 12 (legislative day, September 11), 2001

  Mr. Ross (for himself, Mr. Berry, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Shows, and Mr. 
   Thompson of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was 
    referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the 
Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To improve migratory bird management by the Animal and Plant Health 
  Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MIGRATORY BIRD MANAGEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

    (a) Exemption From NEPA.--Migratory bird management activities 
carried out by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be exempt from the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
    (b) Actions Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.--An agent, 
officer, or employee of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
of the Department of Agriculture that carries out any activity relating 
to migratory bird management may take the following actions under the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.):
            (1) Issue depredation permits to stakeholders or 
        cooperators of the Service.
            (2) Manage and take migratory birds.
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